The English Chartered Trading Companies, 1688-1763: Guns, Money and Lawyers - Paperback

by Michael Wagner (Author)

This book provides a collective view of the five major English chartered trading companies active during 1688-1763. Using archival and secondary sources, it fills in some of the knowledge gaps concerning the less well-studied companies, and examines interconnections between international rivalry, financial operations of the companies, and politi

Author Biography

Michael Wagner teaches courses in eighteenth-century British history in the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford.